Hi everyone, Since I have decided to start practicing Theravada Buddhism I am Most likely only going to use this forum for my questions. What if by lying you save innocent lives or a life? What if by lying you save someone from unjust suffering? Or if you save yourself from unjust suffering? Some Bu...

Could you please post short, brief books of names of authors and books on meditation? Reason why I am asking is because I can't bring myself to practice meditation from very long books. I had a couple of Ajahn Brahm's books and one of them was on meditation. It was a good book. But because of its si...

Thanks accineyo, that's preaty much the way I interpreted it. And Santa, if you buy a flesh of an breathing being like accineyo put it then, that breathing being then you are again breaking the first precept in my view because let's say lamb is slaughtered for the consumer, buyer of the product. Now...

Bhiku, I didn't read every answer in the link. I just skimmed through enough to get the gist of them. But if you abstain from killing yourself and getting someone else to do it for you all you are doing is getting someone else to do the "dirty" work for you. If you eat any food then you are supporti...

Hi everyone, When I was looking up on sutras on precepts I was puzzled about the first precept. What got me thinking was that it said I vow not to destroy any life. Now, how is it possible not to destroy any life? I mean you have to eat utleast plant based diet, and plants are alive. If it said I ta...

Santa 100, you misunderstood me. I wasn't denying hell, I was just suggesting that the story of king Yamas interrogating and judging and certain beings carrying out the punishment was maybe a metaphor. That's all. By the way, I checked out a bit on nibana and I might say to be honest it's the only w...